SMART NOVELTIES IN BEAUTY CULTURE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19659, 10 June 1927, Page 6

SMART NOVELTIES IN BEAUTY CULTURE.

BY MIMOSA.

My advice to smart women who demand the very best results is to leave moßt toilet preparations alone. When facial applications are necessary, get only the pure ingredients just as they come to the chemist himself, i will tell you in this column from time to time just what io get and jisthow to use it. Do not be persuaded into buying soino cheap toilet preparation inBtoad. Any chemist can supply you with genuine original concentrated ingredients, if he will, und I know personally that most firms make a speciality of selling original packages of all kinds of pure ingredients neat, both direct and by post. I can point out to you, however, many useful hints which involve no expense at all. "To Acquire Plumpness."—The very best thing I can recommend is to acquire the " milk habit." Drink at least a auart of creamy milk every day, and you will soon fill out those scraggy lines. A few coconoids might help. Chemists supply these. " Care of the Hair."—Your hair needs the right kind of shampoo to bring back that softness and lustre. Get about two ounces of stallax from your chemist," and dissolve a teaspoonful only in a cup of hot water. This is plenty for each shampoo. After the shampoo rub a little boranium lotion into the roots of the hair. It is a remarkable tonic and hair stimulant. You can make it by mixing an ounce of boranium in a quarter pint of bay rum. " Excessive Perspiration."—l sympathise with you. Most people do not know how to avoid the unpleasant odour arising from perspiration. But if you use a little powdered pergol you will have no more trouble. It is much used by refined women. " Superfluous Hair."—There is nothing so unsightly. Get an ounce of powdered pheminol and apply a little directly to the hair, which will quickly shrivel up. fall away and leave no trace behind. It has a wonderful devitalising effect on the hair roots. "Slaves to Powder."—Face powders are not very satisfactory. You will find a solution of cleminite all that you demand. Dissolve an ounce in four ounces of water, and apply a little of this to the iace in the morning, rubbing gently in till dry. There will be no more " greasy skin." and the effect lasts for many hours, even in a hot room. Many ladies have discarded face powders entirely, and use this method only. It saves much trouble and defies detection. " Don't Use Rouge."—lf you really, must have colour, just touch the cheeks with ordinary collinndum, and you will be delighted with the chance. It is auite harmless. It produces the hue of perfect health exactly and is not obvious like a rouge. " Roughness of the Skin."—Probably you are using the wrong kind of soap. So many of the minor ailments of the skin—acne, pimples, scaliness. blotches, etc.—are due to the caustic notion of the free alkali in the mniority of toilet soaps. _ But I_ do know of one perfect soap for delicate skins. It is called Pilenta. and costs a shilling a enke. Its action is bland and soothing, and it is very cleansing to the pores. " Face Peeling."—You can do it yourself at home, if you wish. Get an ounce or two of Mercolined Wax and apply it nightly like cold cream. Wash it off in the morning. The action is quite harmless, and so gradual that no one can detect what you are doing; about ten days is the average time. It works by gently absorbing the _ worn-out scarf-skin that gives the face its sallow look, but it does not affoct the healthy active tissue beneath. It is used to clear the skin also of freckles and tan, and while some skins respond .much more quickly than others to its action, I have never heard of a failure. It cannot possibly grow hair. " Pale Lips."—lf you are going to do that, prolactum is the best thing to use. Get a soft stick of prolactum from your chemist anft apply like lip salve. It is quite harmless and gives a most natural effect.* " Correcting Over-Stout|iess."—By taking clynol berried for a few weeks you will not only remove all traces of the fat with which you are troubled now, but will eliminate from your system the tendency to become fat. Clynol berries is the only preparation known which strikes at the root of the evil, removing not only the fat but the tendency towards developing fatty tissue. " Long, Curling Lashes,"—Mennaline is what you are trying to think of. Get an ounce and apply a little each night with the finger tips to eyelashes and eyebrows. It actively stimulates the hair roots. "To Make Hair Grow."—Boranium dissolved in bay rum is quite the best hair grower I know.—Advt.